Thin ice has claimed 12 people's lives this winter
(Latvijas Radio Ziņu dienesta žurnāliste) State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) have had seventeen calls this season to incidents where people had fallen through ice. Only five of those people were saved, Latvian Radio reported January 30. Twelve of these incidents had a lethal outcome, said VUGD spokesman Agris Asups. "Given the changing weather conditions, being on the ice is dangerous. It poses risks not only to human health, but also life. The ice layer is formed gradually from the coast, and therefore further from the shore the ice can be unevenly thick and ...
Source: eng.lsm.lv